Psalms 119:55
I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In Context
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
56This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
Psalms 42:8In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 77:6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
Psalms 139:18[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:55
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Here is, 1. David's state and condition; he was in the house of his pilgrimage, which may be understood either as his peculiar trouble (he was often tossed and hurried, and forced to fly) or as his lot in common with all. This world is the house of our pilgrimage, the house in which we are pilgrims; it is our tabernacle; it is our inn. We must confess ourselves strangers and pilgrims upon earth, who are not at home here, nor must be here long. Even… Read the whole commentary →